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""Nov. 6,1934.

Patented Nov. 6, 1934 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE REEL Walter G. Brown, Uxbridge, and George A. Gleason, Worcester, Mass., assignors to The American Steel and Wire Company of New Jersey, a corporation of New Jersey Application April 8, 1933, Serial No. 665,170

2 Claims.

This invention relates to reels, and particularly cable reels made of wooden lagging. Such reels must be provided with arbor-holes by which they are mounted on arbors in the mill and on axles in the field. These holes are fitted with flanges to prevent excessive friction or possible deformation.

These flanges were once constructed of cast iron and were bolted to the wooden lagging of the reel ends. Breakage and other factors have led to the adoption of flanges constructed of rolled metal. However, these are also installed by bolts.

It is now necessary to efiect every possible production economy, and one of the objects in the present case is to eliminate the expense involved in the application of arbor-hole flanges to reels by means of bolts or other similar attachments. Another object is to effect this economy while continuing the use of malleable metal, as is provided by rolled stock. Other objects may be inferred.

The accompanying drawing illustrates a specific example of the invention, the various figures being as follows:

Figure 1 is a side View of a reel with a cutaway portion showing the invention.

Figure 2 is an end View of the reel.

Figure 3 is an enlargement from Figure 1.

The reel illustrated is constructed of wooden lagging. It includes a coil center 1 and multiple-layer ends 2. Such ends are conventional so far as most cable reels are concerned. They are bored to provide arbor-holes, as previously mentioned.

In each instance the flanges for these arborholes consist of a tubular section 3, and a flat ring 4 fixed to the outside of this section remote from its ends. The ring may be welded to the section. In such a case, welding metal 5 may be deposited around the complete circumference of the section 3 on one side of the ring and at a number of spaced points on the other, thus connecting the adjacent surfaces of the section and the ring.

Referring to a single installation, the section 3 fits the arbor-hole and the flat ring 4 is arranged between the layers of the reel end 2. One of the layers may be counterbored to receive the ring, and its proximity to the next layer thereby permitted.

There may be more than two layers of lagging in some instances, but the installation may be effected in practically the same way. Then the ring 4 will not be so near the middle of the section 3, but it may still be considered as being remote from the latters ends for purposes of description.

Obviously, no bolts or other attachments are necessary. Those ordinarily used to hold the layers of lagging together perform this function. Necessary labor is lessened because theparborhole flanges may be easily slipped in place during construction of the reel.

It is to be understood that the section 3 may 05 layer ends having arbor holes for receiving a mounting on which said reel may turn, said reel being provided with flanges for said arbor holes which, in each instance, consist of a tubular section and a flat ring which is fixed to the outside of said section remote from its ends,

said flanges being arranged in said arbor holes and positioned entirely by having said rings arranged between the layer of said ends, said layers being counterbored to receive said rings, and being characterized in that said rings are completely free of bolts 01" other attachments.

2. A reel constructed of wooden lagging, said reel consisting of a coil center and multiple layer ends having arbor holes for receiving a mounting on which said reel may turn, said reel being provided with flanges for said arbor holes which, in each instance, consist of a tubular section cut from suitable pipe and a flat ring cut from rolled plate and fixed to the outside of said section remote from its ends by welding metal deposited around the circumference of said section so as to interconnect the adjacent surfaces of said section and ring, said flanges being arranged in said arbor holes and positioned entirely by having said rings arranged between the layers of said ends, said layers being counterbored to receive said rings, and being characterized in that said rings are completely free of bolts or other attachments.

WALTER G. BROWN. GEORGE A. GLEASON. 

